{"id":9029,"date":"2011-02-24T06:38:27","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T12:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=9029"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:34:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:34:47","slug":"apple-store-down-light-peak-ipad-2-macbook-pros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/9029-apple-store-down-light-peak-ipad-2-macbook-pros\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Store Down &#8211; Light Peak, iPad 2, MacBook Pros?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2504\" title=\"store-is-down\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/store-is-down.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"168\" \/>This morning, the online Apple Store has been taken down temporarily stating \u201cWe are busy updating the store for you and will be back shortly.\u201d This action usually indicates a new product being released or updated.<\/p>\n<p>Is Apple updating the <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/8997-light-peak-ipad-2-macbook-pros-the-rumor-mill-is-in-full-effect\">Mac Book Pro lineup<\/a>? Could the <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/8997-light-peak-ipad-2-macbook-pros-the-rumor-mill-is-in-full-effect\">iPad 2<\/a> be released for sale today? Are we going to see <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/8997-light-peak-ipad-2-macbook-pros-the-rumor-mill-is-in-full-effect\">Light Peak<\/a> on new models? Did Apple make the move to the <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/8997-light-peak-ipad-2-macbook-pros-the-rumor-mill-is-in-full-effect\">Sandy Bridge<\/a> chipset?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll have the details for you here on the OWC Blog as soon as we know.  Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 8:45am:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the store is still down, Apple has updated their website to announce the new MacBook Pro!<\/p>\n<p>Looks like the 13&#8243;, 15&#8243; and 17&#8243; models all were refreshed. The mini DisplayPort now doubles as a Thunderbolt port (utilizing intel Light Peak technology).<\/p>\n<div>Here&#8217;s the new models:<\/div>\n<div>MacBook Pro 13&#8243; Early 2011 2.3GHz i5 and 2.7GHz i7<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>MacBook Pro 15&#8243; Early 2011 2.0GHz, 2.2GHz and 2.3GHz i7<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>MacBook Pro 17&#8243; Early 2011 2.2GHz and 2.3GHz i7<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As the machines still use the same 1333MHz DDR3 memory with support of up to 8GB, OWC has the <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/memory\/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro\/Upgrade\/DDR3_1333MHz_SDRAM\">memory<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/hard-drives\/2.5-Notebook\/\">hard drives<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/internal_storage\/Mercury_Extreme_SSD_Sandforce\">solid state drives<\/a> you need to upgrade these machines available immediately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 9:15am<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apple Store is back up! Here&#8217;s a screenshot of the lineup change:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9033\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SandyBridge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SandyBridge.jpg 630w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SandyBridge-271x120.jpg 271w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SandyBridge-284x126.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SandyBridge-190x84.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SandyBridge-271x120@2x.jpg 542w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SandyBridge-284x126@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SandyBridge-190x84@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, the online Apple Store has been taken down temporarily stating \u201cWe are busy updating the store for you and will be back shortly.\u201d This action usually indicates a new product being released or updated. 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Are we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2366,2646],"class_list":["post-9029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-news","category-industry-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2 (Yoast SEO v20.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apple Store Down - Light Peak, iPad 2, MacBook Pros?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This morning, the online Apple Store has been taken down temporarily stating \u201cWe are busy updating the store for you and will be back shortly.\u201d This action usually indicates a new product being released or updated.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/9029-apple-store-down-light-peak-ipad-2-macbook-pros\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apple Store Down - Light Peak, iPad 2, MacBook Pros?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This morning, the online Apple Store has been taken down temporarily stating \u201cWe are busy updating the store for you and will be back shortly.\u201d This action usually indicates a new product being released or updated.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/9029-apple-store-down-light-peak-ipad-2-macbook-pros\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rocket Yard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-02-24T12:38:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-05-22T18:34:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/store-is-down.gif\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"196\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"168\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"OWC Michael\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"OWC Michael\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/9029-apple-store-down-light-peak-ipad-2-macbook-pros\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/9029-apple-store-down-light-peak-ipad-2-macbook-pros\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"OWC Michael\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e86d30e88ca3e5fae0106884601f9713\"},\"headline\":\"Apple Store Down &#8211; 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